Opinion Columns
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Why all the violins? Elgin Symphony replies.Feb 17, 2013 4:00 am - I was in third or fourth grade, and my idea of classical music was “Nutrocker,” by B. Bumble and the Stingers, the rocked-up version of Tchaikovsky’s “March of the Woode...
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Obama’s ideological fatigueFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - President Obama’s second inaugural address and his recent State of the Union have been described as “two acts in the same play.” They are matched “bookends.” They belong...
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The brevity of Silent CalFeb 15, 2013 4:00 am - Before Ronald Reagan traveled the 16 blocks to the White House after his first inaugural address, the White House curator had, at the new president’s instruction, hung i...
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The process of talking with -- and listening to -- each otherFeb 14, 2013 8:23 am - Following along with the president’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night online, I saw interesting tweets from several Twitter accounts to this effect: “Apparently, ...
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Dressing to the nines really says ‘be mine’Feb 14, 2013 4:00 am - The following is a crashing generalization, but here goes: When it comes to how we dress, there are serious gender inequities — in standards of comfort and in body expos...
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Drones on the daisFeb 13, 2013 4:00 am - Is the position of God subject to the confirmation process? Does the Lord Almighty require the advice and consent of the Senate? These are no longer abstract questions. ...
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The ghosts of BenghaziFeb 13, 2013 4:00 am - We may never know exactly what happened in Benghazi the night Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed, but it’s becoming increasingly clear ...
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Words that saved millionsFeb 12, 2013 4:00 am - Even among the few, odd, nerdy children who want to be speechwriters when they grow up (I was one), none dream of writing a State of the Union address. These tend to be ...
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The price of forsaking SyriaFeb 12, 2013 4:00 am - We finally have an Obama Doctrine. It is not quite the one outlined in various major speeches — Cairo, Berlin or the Greco-Roman one delivered at the 2008 Democratic Nat...
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Tough times for California bashersFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - Something about California sets conservative teeth on edge. In the Republican manual, liberal spending priorities married to an activist government cohabiting with a hed...